Professor Mayuresh Kothare Named AAAS Fellow
Developing best practices for human-AI collaboration in engineering design
As artificial intelligence is inevitably woven into the workplace, teams of humans will increasingly collaborate with robots on complex design problems, such as those in the auto, aviation, and space industries.
Lehigh ISE faculty Luis Nunes Vicente has been selected as a Fellow of SIAM
Lehigh ISE Timothy J. Wilmott Endowed Chair Professor and Chair Luis Nunes Vicente has been selected as a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM). SIAM has over 14,000 individual members in all areas of industrial and applied math.
ATLSS announces leadership transition
Two researchers in Lehigh University’s Advanced Technology for Large Structural Systems (ATLSS) Engineering Research Center will take on new leadership roles effective July 1, 2024.
Frangopol to receive honorary doctorate from Romanian university
The Polytechnic University of Timișoara, Romania, will award an honorary doctorate to Lehigh University civil and environmental engineering professor Dan M. Frangopol prior to CESARE 2024, the 4th International Conference on Coordinating Engineering for Sustainability and Resilience.
Frangopol contributes to national news coverage of Baltimore bridge collapse
Dan M. Frangopol, the Fazlur R. Khan Endowed Chair of Structural Engineering and Architecture, has contributed to national news coverage of the tragic March 26 collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore.
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USA Today | March 27, 2024
International collaboration aims to improve flood response strategies
A interdisciplinary team of researchers, led by Y. C. Ethan Yang, an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, has been awarded a $1 million grant by the National Science Foundation and the Japan Science and Technology Agency to fund research focusing on flood-prone areas in the U.S. and Japan. The project aims to enhance flood risk management through human-centered data analysis.
Seshadri Lab announces wearable tech collaboration with Beyond Pulse
Engineering Superheroes class harnesses the power of imagination
Everyone loves a hero. Or at least it seems that way. Marvel superhero films have grossed more than $29.8 billion worldwide, making the franchise the most popular of any ever created.
Professor Ricardo H.R. Castro has a theory about why the world can’t get enough of characters who can fly or shape-shift, have superhuman strength or telepathy, or can regenerate lost limbs or even manipulate reality itself.